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There was no final cause of the crash in the report released Thursday, but the investigation found that the right main landing gear broke and collapsed on impact as the plane landed at a high descent rate. The first officer, who was in her fifth straight day of flying, was at the controls of the plane, according to the report. She had 1,422 hours of flying total, which is below the Federal Aviation Administration minimum to be a commercial pilot. She was able to fly commercially with a special exception from the FAA because she had a specific aviation degree...

The plane that crashed in Toronto was a Delta flight operated by Endeavor Air, a small airline obsessed with all-female "unmanned" flights

James Dees, 53, was released on bond from Leon County, Florida jail on Friday He was arrested after hidden camera caught him writing graffiti on airport walls Dees was fired from his job as a pilot for Endeavor Air, a Delta-owned subsidiary He admitted to police that he wrote racist graffiti against blacks, Hispanics The graffiti included '#MAGA,' 'TRUMP4EVER,' and 'Send them ALL back'  An airline pilot was caught on hidden camera vandalizing a Florida airport with graffiti that included racial slurs and slogans both supporting and opposing President Trump, according to authorities. James Dees, 53, was released on bond from a Leon County...